COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Up 23 points at halftime, Missouri players easily could have allowed their minds to wander to the 1-2 punch against the Big 12 leaders just ahead.

The 11th-ranked Tigers refused to blame such daydreaming for a so-so finish that ran their home record to 17-0 with a 94-74 rout of Kansas State on Wednesday night. Missouri takes on the conference's top two schools in consecutive games, on the road at No. 15 Kansas on Sunday and at home against No. 3 Oklahoma next Wednesday.

The Tigers are tied for second in the conference with Oklahoma, one game behind Kansas, and have won seven in a row in Big 12 play for the first time since 1999-2000. They've also clinched a first-round bye in the conference tournament while ensuring no worse than a third-place finish.